Inger L. Stole

Dr. Inger L. Stole is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Communications Research at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

She wrote the book, "Advertising on Trial: Consumer Activism and Corporate Public Relations in the 1930s (History of Communication)," published in 2006.

She "teaches Consumer Communication and the Public, an undergraduate course that explores various aspects of the public relations industry including its historical roots and modern applications. She also teaches two Master's level courses; a graduate seminar that explores the effects of advertising and commercialization on our cultural and social institutions and Advertising and the Consumer, a course that exposes students to newly published works in the fields of advertising and consumer culture."

She is married to Robert McChesney.


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